Joseph Nguyen
Professor Jelley
HUM 101-029
9/16/12
President Barack Obama, who was a senator and running for presidential nominee at the
time, gave a speech titled “A More Perfect Union.”. He stated in his speech that “we cannot solve
the challenges of our time unless we solve them together” (“A More Perfect Union”). The first
main point he addresses is the American history dealing with slavery. From there he goes on to
the problem with racism in our country and how it still exists. In fact, one of the biggest points
that are mentioned throughout his speech is the existence of discrimination and racism. Obama
makes it clear that we as Americans should look past our appearances and set aside our
